Upending bed.



L. HOLME-S..

UP'ENDING BED.

APPLICATION FILED new, 1913.

Patented July 7, 191%.

Zines L. HOLMES.

UPENDING BED.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 27, 1913.

Patented July '7, 1914.

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; pr @ESE N LAWRENCE HOLMES. 0? LOS AI TGELES, CALIFORNIA.

WEIIDJEEG BED.

Specificetion. of Letters Patent.

iipplicatipnnled August 27, 1. 13. serial-No. 736,335.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAWRENCE 1IOLMES,'

forth in my two-pending application for U. S. patent on independentstorage bed, Serial No. 786,994, filed August 27, 1913.

Objects of the invention areas follo ws:--- to provide a novel, neat,simple, light, co n- ,pact, inexpensive, easily .foldable .bedconstruotion in which their -endable section of the bedstead is counteralonced; in which.

means are provided to'exerta strong gt'orce .to resist the finaldescentof the bed frame and to give the initial upward start .to the bed frame;tomake the bed stable and abso lutely rigid and supported upon the floorin any position for use; to automatically extendend retractsupplementary supporting legs of the bedstead as the frame section islowered to raised out of position for use; to construct the bed with apractical head-board .to support the pillows and theend of the mattress;and .to hold the up-endable portion upright when fold ed. Other objectsand advantages may appear from the subj oined detail description.

The amompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

=Figure is a. broken front elevationofthe bed .in storing position Fig.2 .is abrolzen side elevation from the left of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the bed down ready for use. Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofone of the cams detached and vi. wed from the inner side. Fig. 5 is abroken sectional elevation .from line indicated at 02 Fig. 1..

Fig. 6 is a fragmental detail showing the cam action.

One section of the bedstead consistsof an upright frame formed of twostandards 1,

2, a top bar 3 connecting the .tops of the standards and a bottom bar 4:conueqtingthc bottoms of said standards at the rearjedges thereof. Saidstandards are enlarged at their base by forward extensions 5. Said frameis pivoted on a vertical agrisdoy a.

to. the ,legs 13.

not supported. An npendeble bedstrz gl section llis pivoted near one endby hri rizontzil pivots 15, to the fronts of the upper ends of the troutextensionsof the standards, so that 'Pateiited July mists.

said bedstead section may be up-ended and lowered on the horizontalpivotal axis at 15,

which justabove the devel of andis rearwardly oi the legs 13.up-end-able bed.- stead section 14- .is provided with outwardly anddmvnwardlyextending cams, each havan abrupt face 16 preferably extendingat right anglcsto the shorter ends li'of the side rails o the up-endeblesection 14:. Said .pirots 15- are rearward of the produced axes of thelegs 13 and said cguns are arranged so (that said abrupt face 16 willrest on the upper ends of the vertically .H'XUVtlblO legs 13 aridwilloperate to depress said legs when the bedsteadsection 14: is .xnoveddownward. An arc face 1'8 of the cam extending gupwerd and around theabrupt pliant-2 16.eoncentric with the pivot 15 mainteinsdownwerdpressure on theiegs as the bedstead section 14; comes to horizontalposition. An outrigger area 19 is nounted in pivotal relation to the.upright bedstead section iiormed .by the-standerds and crossbars;-,Sflldttlln being piyoted .by a bolt 20 to the lower cross-bar l,endlestend'ngoutu a rd ly beneath tge stay 21 thesis ,3 ester-ledprovided with a caster 22 to roll, on the floor and the stayv 21' iserrang'edto engage or contact with the ,top ofuthe outrigger arm 19 whenthe legs lii are depressed, so

that in the not of lowedng the bedstead section 14, said arm 19 is helddown though its rear end may .be sprung up slightly as suggested by dotand dash lines at the left in Fig. 5. i

'A headboard 23 is in pivotal relation with the upendeble section 14-,being pivotallyrpnnected therewith ,by horizontel pivotsat the bottomoft-he head-board; said Pi x o ding h ou 1 send-p ate that are fixed tothe shorter ends 17 of the side rails of thenp-endable bedsteadsect-ion. The upper end of said head-board is formed by a transverse bar26 which is slidable up and down on a guide way formed by the ost 7 andis' lo-osely connected to saidpost y a sliding connection as thechain27, ex-

' tending around .-the post 7 and-connected withsaid transverse bar 26,so that as the up-endable bedsteadsection 14 is moved on its axis 15 thehead-board'willbe moved up as the section 14: is lowered, and viceversa. Spring meanigfas the helicalsprings 28, extend between andconnect with the upper end of the head-board and a portion of theupright frame beneath said head-board said springs being connected" attheir upper ends to the transverse bar' 26 of the head-board and attheir lower ends to the cross-bar i of the frame, so that as thebedstead section 14 is lowered the helical springs 28 are stretched,thusto exert force to prevent too rapid lowering of the longer arm ofthe bedstead section 14. At the same time the cam faces 16 and 18successively operate to force and hold the legs 13 and stay 21 down toact on the arm 19. This also incidentally tends to uplift the frontextensions 5. During the operation of up-ending the section 14, the

springs 28 act downward through the head? board 23, the guard plate 25and lower end 17 of bedstcadsection 14 to assist in the upendingoperation.

The plates 25 afiord guards to retain. the edges of the bedding, notshorv n, to prevent it from rubbing on the standards. The'bedguard 29,Figsl, 2 and 8 is pivotally mounted at 30 on the guard plates 25 aboveand rearwardly from the rail ends 17 and from the pivots'24 of thehead-board, and is provided with a runner 31 that runs down the post 7and that is loosely connected therewith by the loop 32 corresponding tothe l 1 loop 27.

The stay 21 is provided with an ear 33 having a vertical slot 34- inwhich is engaged one end of a connecting rod 85, the other end of whichengages a brace 36 which connects the swinging legs 37 that are fixed toa horizontal axis 38, carried by loops 39 fixed to a cross-bar 4'0 ofthe bedstead section 14, thus forming a loose connection between the sta21 and the cross-bar 40 at 'the foot of the bed; said connection beingof such length as to lift the stay 21 and the vertically movable legs13v at the up-ending movement of the bedstead section 14:, and viceversa, allowing said vertically movable legs to descend as tho bedsteadsection 14- dcscends; the slot 34 allowing for lost motion, so that thelegs will not be moved up too forcibly against the cams.

'- It is found in actual practice that as the bedst ad section 14:lowers, upward pressure is thu brought upon the pivot 15 by actionof-the cam 18 on the legs 13 and there is a sli ht upward movement ofthe standards 1, 2 iom the position said standards occupy when thesection 14: is up-ended. This movement may be accommodated in the formshown by making the top bar 3 suiticiently resilient and yielding to bowdown slightly under the weight of the up-ended bedstead, as shown inFigs. 1 and'2; All ofsuch weight, including that of the standards 1, 2,the up-endablerame 14, and the bed bottom and bedding, not shown, isborne by the center of the supporting bar 3' which rests on post 7. Whenthe bed is lowered, as in Fig. 3,'the top bar 3' springs back tostraight horizontal position. y

I claimf+ I 1 A bed comprising. an upright frame, a bedstead sectionpivoted near one end to said frame, a head-board pivotally connect:- edto saidend and movable up and down in said frame, and spring meansconnecting the head-board with a portion of sai d frame below theheadboard-whereby the upward movement of'the head-board as the bedsteadsection isloweredon its pivots extends the springs. i V r 2. Thecombination of an upright frame; a bedstead section pivotally mountednear one end on said frame; a hcad=board section pivotally connected tosaid end and movable up and down in said frame, helical springsconnected'at the upper ends withlthe headboard and at the lower endswith the frame;

and upper guide means in the frame to guide the upper end of theheadboard; the tension of the springs tending to hold the headboard downthereby to assist in'up-ending the bedstead section.

3. The combination with a frame comprising two standards having forwardextohsions at their bases; and means connecting vertical guides on saidextensions; legs mounted in said guides; a bedstead section pivotallymounted near'one end on said standards; cams on said bed-stead sectionto engage said legs to depress thcsamc; and spring means in operativeconnection with said bedstead section and said frame to cooperate withsaid cam to resist lowering the bedstead section to horizontal position.

4, The combination of an upright bcd-' endable bed section pivoted tothe upright section, a head-board in pivotal relation to the up-endablebedstead section, and a bcdcling guard plvotedito the bedstead section,

said head-board and bedding guard moving up and down in the bedsteadsection.

6. An upright bedstead section, an upendable bedstead section pivoted tothe upright section, a headboard in pivotal relation to the up-endablebedstead section, and a bedding guard pivoted to the up-endable section,said head-board and bedding guard moving up and down in the uprightbedstead section, means to guide the upper end of the head-board in avertical path, and means to guide the upper end of the bedding guard.

7 A base, a bedstead'comprising an up-' right section mounted on thebase, an upendable section pivoted on the upright section, a cam on theup-endable section and vertically movable legs depressible by the cain,one end of each leg being mounted on the upright section and the otherend being supported by the floor.

'8. The combination oflan upright bed;

stead section, an up -.endable bedstead section pivoted thereon,.vertically movable legs mounted on the upright section, a

cam on the up-endable section having an 22d day of August,

abrupt face adapted to engage the upper ends of the vertically movablelegs to depress the same and also having a face extending around fromsaid abrupt face and adapted to ride over the upper ends of said legs tomaintain the legs in depressed position.

9. The combination with an upright frame, of an up-endable bedsteadsection pivoted to said frame on a horizontal axis; a head-board movableup and down in said frame and pivoted to the bedstead section at oneside of said axis so as to move down and up as said section is raisedand lowered; and springs extending between and connect- -ed with thehead-board and a portion of said frame below the head-board and tendingto force the head-board down to assist in up-ending said bedsteadsection.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Anggles,California, this 191 LAWRENCE HOLMES. In presence of- JAMES R. TOWNSEND,L. BELLE WEAVER.

